Aponic at Number 10

As part of our Small Business 100 Award, we were taken to Downing Street with many other businesses to talk to ministers and meet all of the other Top 100 UK small businesses.

Prime Minister Theresa May said:

“Small Business Saturday is an opportunity for us to celebrate the success of the UK’s 5.4 million small businesses - from family run restaurants, to innovative tech start-ups, to local corner shops.

I’m delighted that we had such a great representation of firms here in Downing Street to mark this event and recognise the prosperity they bring to the UK.”

“Small Business Saturday has become an exceptional example of collaboration and co-operation with small businesses teaming up in communities around the UK,” explains Campaign Director Michelle Ovens.

“We aim to showcase the level of diversity, innovation and talent that is active within our small business sector and persuading people to get out and support their friends, neighbours and family members and reinforce local communities and economies.”

American Express was the founder of the campaign in the US and is the principal supporter of Small Business Saturday UK, as part of its on-going commitment to encourage consumers to shop small. The campaign also benefits from the backing of leading business organisations including the Federation of Small Businesses and Enterprise Nation as well as other corporate supporters including PRS For Music, TalkTalk Business, Vistaprint, Post Office, Clear Channel, STIHL, Dropbox, Facebook, Virgin Media Business and Indeed.

About the author

Jason Hawkins-Row is an engineer and programmer with a fascination for natural ecosystems that can be borrowed to lead us out of our wasteful and resource hungry ways that are killing the planet. Anything that empowers individuals to be able to grow great tasting, truly sustainable food anywhere in the world for minimal outlay and without the use of powerful chemicals, has to be a good thing for everyone.